Nikolay Basov
In the choir since 2019
Nikolai Basov was born on August 27, 1985 in Weimar, East Germany. He graduated with honours from the Sveshnikov College and the Popov Choral Arts Academy with a specialty in choir conducting. While studying at the Sveshnikov College, he also finished Children’s music school №18 where he studied saxophone. He spent about 3 years learning Irish dancing (ballet and step dancing). As a student, Nikolai also worked as a performer and assistant chorus master at the “Drama Art School” theatre directed by A. Vasiliev. Following his graduation from the Academy, Nikolai became a member of the Big Academic Choir.
Nikolai Basov is a regular performer at the “December Nights” and “Comeback” music festivals. As a soloist, he has performed with the “Intrada” and “Questa musica” vocal ensembles (directed by Ekaterina Antonenko and Philipp Chizhevsky, respectively) for 9 years.
For the past 6 years, Nikolai has been interested in modern avant garde and experimental music. He is one of the regular performers in the “Drillalians” opera series (composers: Kurliandsky, Syumak, Nevsky, Sysoev, Filanovsky, Rannev) which premiered at the “Stanislavsky Electric Theatre” during the 2014-2015 season.
In 2014–2018, Nikolai Basov studied vocal performance under Honoured Artist of Russia, Fyodor Mikhailovich Anikeev. In 2018, Nikolai made his solo debut along with Vladimir Yurovski at the “Another Space” festival: they presented the premiere of Boris Filanovsky’s oratorio for soloists, extended violin, accordion, choir and orchestra at Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. In January 2019, Nikolai Basov performed Father’s part in the “Nutcracker in Zaryadye” ballet/opera/fairy-tale set to Tchaikovsky’s music (producers: Pavel Kaplevich and Yulia Morozova; director: Nina Tchusova; visual artist: Andrey Bartenev; conductor: Philipp Chizhevsky).
Since autumn 2019, Nikolai Basov has been a member of the musicAeterna choir.
musicAeterna choir events
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
The musicAeterna Choir continues its exploration of the sacred music of two Western European classics of the 20th century — Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten — in a concert to be held at Dom Radio, 62 Nevsky Prospect.